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Rory Stewart: Newly recruited prison officers are required to complete a 12 week Prison Officer Entry Level Training (POELT) course which is reviewed every 6 months. This training provides new officers with a foundation level of training in all core skill areas of which rehabilitation is a continued theme throughout. Key topics include:Introduction to Rehabilitation and Building a Rehabilitate CultureFive...

Rory Stewart: We recognise that shoplifting is not a victimless crime. It causes cost and disruption to businesses, as well as damage to communities and consumers. We encourage all victims, including shop workers, to report these crimes to the police so that they can be recorded and dealt with accordingly. Out of Court Disposals are one important tool available in addressing shop theft – they allow the...

Rory Stewart: Protecting the health and safety of our staff and prisoners is of the utmost importance. We take all reported incidents seriously and work hard to mitigate any risks that staff or prisoners face. Information on ambulance attendance at prisons could only be obtained from prison records at disproportionate costs as central records are not kept by Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service...

Rory Stewart: There is a strong case to abolish sentences of six months or less, with some exceptions. We are therefore exploring options to restrict the use of short custodial sentences, but we have not at this stage reached any conclusions. There is persuasive evidence showing community sentences, in certain circumstances, are more effective than short custodial sentences in reducing reoffending. The MoJ...

Rory Stewart: This information is not held by the MoJ. Police Officers can perform a variety of roles in assisting Her Majesty’s Prisons and Probation Service (HMPPS) establishments ranging from Scenes of Crime preservation to Perimeter Security.

Rory Stewart: Holding answer received on 28 March 2019 The latest performance statistics can be found in the ‘Community Performance Quarterly Management Information Release: update to September 2018’ on Gov.uk at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/community-performan ce-quarterly-update-to-september-2018 These figures show that CRC performance against target for completion of...

Rory Stewart: Holding answer received on 28 March 2019 The table below details the average population in each prison in England and Wales in the year to September 2018. These figures do not fully represent the population during the course of the year. Mean average prison population by establishment between September 2017 and September 2018 Total Population All establishments...

Rory Stewart: Holding answer received on 28 March 2019 Figures on the average caseload of probation officers are not collected centrally. A probation worker’s tasks are not based solely on the number of cases they are managing, but the level of supervision each case requires. The Ministry of Justice publishes statistics showing the total caseload of the 21 Community Rehabilitation Companies...

Rory Stewart: The highest number of previous community orders given to an offender sentenced to immediate custody for a new offence of six months in each of the last three years can be viewed in the table. There is persuasive evidence showing community sentences, in certain circumstances, are more effective than short custodial sentences in reducing reoffending. The MoJ study ‘The impact of short...

Rory Stewart: We are committed on an ongoing basis to improving collection and publication of data to identify and tackle any disparities in the Criminal Justice System. Since publication of The Lammy Review (into the treatment of, and outcomes for, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic individuals in the Criminal Justice System) we have published brand new ethnicity data or analysis in 16 releases. Currently...

Rory Stewart: Under the Probation Serious Further Offence (SFO) Review Procedures, the National Probation Service (NPS) or Community Rehabilitation Company (CRC) must undertake a review where an offender under statutory supervision in the community is charged with a qualifying offence – a “notification”. Not every notification results in a conviction for an SFO. The NPS or CRC has three months to...

Andrea Leadsom: The hon. Lady raises an important point. I can tell her that the Justice Minister, my hon. Friend the Member for Penrith and The Border (Rory Stewart), is meeting with probation officers today and will of course look very carefully at what Dame Glenys’s report shows up. We are now providing support and supervision to an additional 40,000 offenders leaving prison and have invested an...

Rory Stewart: The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. The Department regularly publishes data showing the percentage of offenders who have had a resettlement plan written by Community Rehabilitation Companies (SLM013). The latest release can be found via the following link; https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/community-performan...

Rory Stewart: This information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. It is vital that everyone leaving prison has somewhere safe, stable and secure to live. Overcoming the many barriers offenders face to securing suitable accommodation is something that Ministry of Justice cannot do in isolation. The Secretary of State for Justice and the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local...

Rory Stewart: The current national rollout of new GPS technology, will help strengthen supervision, enforce exclusion zones and give victims greater peace of mind. Legislative and policy guidelines determine which offenders and subjects on bail are eligible to be tagged. Within this framework, decision makers will apply normal, reasonableness, proportionality and necessity tests, along with consideration...

Rory Stewart: Home Detention Curfew (HDC) is a robust scheme which allows prisoners to be released early and work towards rehabilitation in the community, while remaining subject to strict conditions. If they breach these, they can be returned to custody. It is not possible to provide the average daily number of offenders on HDC without incurring disproportionate costs. However, to give an indication,...

Rory Stewart: The total number of restraining orders issued at Magistrates Courts and Crown Courts in each of the last three years can be found in the table below. The Ministry of Justice will publish court outcome data for 2018 on 16 May 2019. Table 1. Number of restraining orders issued in England and Wales, 2015-2017. 2015 2016 2017 23,057 25,293 21,207

Rory Stewart: Following the recent Supreme Court judgment on criminal records disclosure, we are considering outstanding recommendations for reform of the criminal records system, including those made by David Lammy MP. We are working through the detail of the Supreme Court’s judgment alongside these recommendations, and will be able to update further in due course.

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